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Post by Pugsley on Jul 6, 2023 11:29:47 GMT
We shouldn't have sacked Hughes when we did. I'm convinced we'd have scraped enough points to stay up.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jul 6, 2023 11:30:13 GMT
For all the fantastic football we witnessed in his tenure I believe Mark Hughes set this club back years eventually(with some help from above also) with the 3 horrific signings
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Post by greystokie on Jul 6, 2023 11:30:38 GMT
The Bet365 stadium is in the perfect location for a football ground.
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Post by march4 on Jul 6, 2023 11:33:45 GMT
Gallagher was not as good as Mama.
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Post by femark on Jul 6, 2023 11:34:30 GMT
Rowett would have got us promoted by now Arnie really wasnt that great, had flashes of brilliance every now and then, the majority of the time he was mardarse who spent a lot of time sulking on his arse
Super Jon Walters should be up there with one of the best signings we have made at StokeNorth Staffs oatcakes are not that bad really! theres a bit for you all too go at! Those two sentences sum up exactly what's wrong with our fanbase. Too many people prefer grafters with limited ability, to proper talent I'd say it's mostly the opposite - too many people prefer the odd flick/trick and brief moment of flair, to a consistent no nonsense performer.
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Post by prestwichpotter on Jul 6, 2023 11:35:29 GMT
The Naughty 40 weren't that hard.......
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Post by pb1863 on Jul 6, 2023 11:36:14 GMT
We did the right thing putting a roof on the Butler st stand when it blew off
Charlie Adam is our best ever penalty taker.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Jul 6, 2023 11:40:05 GMT
Rowett would have got us promoted by now Arnie really wasnt that great, had flashes of brilliance every now and then, the majority of the time he was mardarse who spent a lot of time sulking on his arse Super Jon Walters should be up there with one of the best signings we have made at Stoke North Staffs oatcakes are not that bad really! theres a bit for you all too go at! Well, the Walters one isn’t mental at least.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Jul 6, 2023 11:40:38 GMT
If we stuck with pulis We would still be a premier league side We’d have gone down sooner than we did imo.
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on Jul 6, 2023 11:42:22 GMT
We should play Stenhousemuir again
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Post by silsdenstokie on Jul 6, 2023 11:42:44 GMT
Lou Macari was a better manager for us than Tony Pulis
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Post by jascfc on Jul 6, 2023 11:43:29 GMT
We did the right thing putting a roof on the Butler st stand when it blew off Charlie Adam is our best ever penalty taker. James Beattie for me
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Post by Waggy on Jul 6, 2023 11:45:24 GMT
Lou Macari was a better manager for us than Tony Pulis Agree. Never seen our support back a manager like that. Not one fan I know disliked him. Is there one?
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Post by bertiestan on Jul 6, 2023 11:48:54 GMT
Arnautovic was 10 times the player shaqiri was for us.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Jul 6, 2023 11:49:05 GMT
Now we've finally announced our first signing, I'm sure some of you lot on here need something else to argue about amongst yourselves So what is your most controversial/unpopular Stoke City opinion? Mine is that Kenwyne Jones would have been more effective for how we wanted to play rather than spending £10m on Peter Crouch (who was a good signing don't get me wrong) but I think Jones' aerial presence would have worked better as opposed to Crouch's tendencies to give away fouls everytime a ball came to him above head height. Crouch was an unneeded signing and actually we eventually went backwards because of him. Jones was far more suited to how we played and take is big misses out v Man City and Valencia, he did well for us I don't think the Man City one was that big a miss, half chance at most.
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Post by boydcrowder on Jul 6, 2023 11:58:16 GMT
We shouldn't allow Jews into the stadium. Made me spit my drink everywhere haha
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Post by LGH87 on Jul 6, 2023 12:02:56 GMT
Those two sentences sum up exactly what's wrong with our fanbase. Too many people prefer grafters with limited ability, to proper talent i know i know, i guess i just value the dogged determination of a Super Jon type over the mercurial brilliance of an Arnie, its almost unfair too discuss them alongside each other as they are so different, surely its cheaper than a modern transfer too make some sort of hybrid cloned version with the best of both them mixed in? That would be the idea scenario but would the clone be white or black? that's the biggest question!
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Post by LGH87 on Jul 6, 2023 12:04:40 GMT
Those two sentences sum up exactly what's wrong with our fanbase. Too many people prefer grafters with limited ability, to proper talent Walters was a great signing for Stoke. Sometimes you only realise things when they are not there, I certainly did with Walters. I loved him.
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Post by mrrine on Jul 6, 2023 12:06:55 GMT
We're blasted with so much condescension and rhetorical bullshit ("mighty might potters", fuck me.....) we've started to buy into forking out £20-45 losing 3 hours plus of our precious weekends as the norm. meanwhile funding multimillionaires who literally couldn't care less if you died tomorrow.
What it should be is the best local lads playing against the best other local lads.
Fuck off mercenary pricks pointing at the badge when they're desperate fo be gone in a year or two, Fuck man city, fuck the saudi/chinese leagues etc etc.
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Post by hoppo96 on Jul 6, 2023 12:07:33 GMT
The current malaise around the club, and to a lesser extent the 1990 and 1998 periods are more the level the ownership operates at then when we were in the premier league.
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Post by bagnallboothen on Jul 6, 2023 12:11:56 GMT
Afellay was toss. No pace, no power, couldn't head it, couldn't tackle. If his name was Smith everyone would have hated him.
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Post by foster on Jul 6, 2023 12:16:57 GMT
Mama was dogshit.
Ricardo was great despite of him, not because of him.
Also, Shawcross was overrated and not as good as Huth.
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Post by retrostoke on Jul 6, 2023 12:22:19 GMT
Dwight Gayle underperformed last year because the supply line to him was atrocious
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Post by mickstupp on Jul 6, 2023 12:23:03 GMT
Ricardo Fuller is overrated on here. There, I said it.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Jul 6, 2023 12:23:52 GMT
Ricardo Fuller is overrated on here. There, I said it. Not so much controversial as wrong.
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Jul 6, 2023 12:23:58 GMT
We should change the old, tired red and white stripes for black and amber.
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Post by Pricey on Jul 6, 2023 12:30:01 GMT
Pulis held us back from the start of 10/11 onwards
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Post by Davef on Jul 6, 2023 12:31:58 GMT
The Victoria Ground was a dump.
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Post by David Brent on Jul 6, 2023 12:34:03 GMT
If we stuck with pulis We would still be a premier league side We’d have gone down sooner than we did imo. Disagree but I suppose that’s the purpose of this thread!
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Post by andystokey on Jul 6, 2023 12:34:17 GMT
Our fans aren't that bright.
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